Currently, buoyancy driven underwater gliders are deployed globally to gather oceanographic data from across the world's oceans. This thesis examines the utility of underwater gliders within the context of providing additional U.S. Navy capabilities. An extensive survey of available underwater gliders was undertaken and the resultant survey pool of ten gliders was down selected to five gliders of fixed wing configuration. A comprehensive architectural analysis was then conducted of seven key architectural attributes of the five selected gliders. The architectural analysis compared various implementations of the key architectural attributes relative to desirable traits and capabilities for a notional U.S. Navy glider. Following the architectural analysis, a proposed architecture for a U.S. Navy underwater glider was developed that included a compendium of 'best' features gleaned from the architectural analysis. Drivers and rationale for the selection of specific key architectural attributes and features, and a comparison of constraints and capabilities of underwater gliders also are provided. Finally, a comparison of the current and proposed capabilities of underwater gliders versus other Autonomous Undersea Vehicles, specifically Unmanned Undersea Vehicles, is proffered.
Analysis of Undersea Glider Architectures and an Assessment of Undersea Glider Integration into Undersea Applications
2012
91 pages
Report
No indication
English
Marine Engineering , Military Operations, Strategy, & Tactics , Commercial equipment , Military capabilities , Military requirements , Naval architecture , Performance(Engineering) , Underwater vehicles , Control systems , Detectors , Hulls(Marine) , Launching , Military applications , Pitch(Motion) , Recovery , Roll , Stabilization systems , Systems engineering , Theses , Underwater communications , Underwater navigation , Wings , Yaw , Commercial underwater gliders , Glider operational capabilities , Navy glider architecture , Persistent presence , Uuv(Unmanned undersea vehicles) , Auv(Autonomous undersea vehicles) , Buoyancy driven gliders , Architectural attributes , Architectural features , Architectural analysis , Spray glider , Ant littoral , Slocum electric , Slocum thermal , Sea glider , Efolaga , Seaexplorer , Comparative analysis , Recommendations
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